It is with great sadness I report the passing of my Father, Terry Bottomley.

He passed away peacefully at 4:45 AM the morning of February 12. I have nothing but love and respect for this man from Bradford, Yorkshire, who emigrated to Canada on a boat and created a life for me and my brothers. A true gentleman with a quick Yorkshire wit and a playfulness that was younger than his age.

My Dad loved travel, soccer and golf, and loved being around people. He served in the British Army in Palestine in the 1950’s and was in the Canadian Armed Forces for much of his life, raising a family of four whilst travelling to postings in Ottawa, London UK, Cold Lake, Alberta and Lahr, West Germany.

After a beautiful weekend of giving thanks with family and friends, I'd like to share this most recent video with you, another in our series live from The Lula Lounge. This particular piece is an improv composition by Bottomley, Johnson, Roberts, Scott und Underhill. It always leads to something special on stage, this time captured on video by DP/Camera Russ Goozee, and cameraman Blain Thrush. Ably edited with a live feel by Ron White. Thanks to Don Vandenheuvel for Live Mic Recording & Howard Laurie for Board Mix.

Thank you ALL, a great team!

Please come to my next show/taping at The Lula Lounge on Friday November 3

Shake off that winter funk and join us at The Bovine Sex Club on Thursday, March 30th for a funk explosion reunion party! Brainfudge All Stars will be your host, with the opening salvos being fired from Turbo Street Funk. It's a LATE SHOW with TSF on at 11pm and Brainfudge taking the stage at Midnight. $10 cover.

~ My gospel themed song “A Better Day Will Come” appears in the feature film “The Masked Saint”. The film was just released to over 800 cinemas in North America this January. My thanks to Gary Granstaff, (Exec. Producer) and Director Warren P. Sonoda for including the song in the movie.

~ Another film I recently worked on, although in a non-music capacity, was Danny Perez’ “AntiBirth”, shot in Sudbury, Canada, and recently debuted at The Sundance Film Festival.

~ Toronto’s House Of David Gang is releasing their “Reggae Warrior Remix” - Remixes, Re - Grooves, Reconstructions of the original Reggae Warrior tracks released on NuFunk Concerts/Records. I have a song I co-wrote on it with the late drummer Raffa Dean & Nelson B.C.’s Gisto, called “Come With Me (New Brunswick Song)”. We had a fun time writing and recording it out East whilst on tour, in a beautiful farmhouse in the country provided by Jonas Colter (Evolve Festival Founder).

~ Mike Severin (aka Sev Micron) was the original drummer of Toronto’s TULPA, a band I formed with him and my brother John. A few years back we wrote a song that has recently come to light called “Feel So” with me playing bass, Sev on drums and keys, and longtime friend George Guerra on lead guitar.